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Kid Rock wasnt shy about hurling a homophobic slur over the weekend during a diatribe admonishing people who were recording him with their phones.
The outspoken performer, 50, whose real is Robert Ritchie, hit a stage inside the FishLipz Bar and Grill in Smithville, Tenn., and onlookers videoed the "Biker Boyz" actor shouting "fk your iPhone" before belting the other "f" word at "you fing fs with your iPhones out!!!" according to footage obtained by TMZ.
Rock then motioned to his groin area, and through more profane language encouraged those filming him with their devices to post his appendage.
The gossip outlet reported Monday that security at the establishment went around the room telling people to put their phones down.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kid-rock-spews-homophobic-slur-095645599.html
Washed up loser.
Vinca
(50,302 posts)the mask mandate has been rescinded in the state, everyone in the store had one on except for one dim looking old woman. She was wearing an XXXL Kid Rock tour shirt. The look just screamed "Trump."
Blue Owl
(50,490 posts)I say he's a scumbag
canuckledragger
(1,661 posts)And throwing a few of his uninspired lyrics on those tracks and calling it his.
One of his current summertime 'hits' is a blatant ripoff of Warren Zevon's Werewolves in London.
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)Who would not even been that if Vince McMahon had not given Kid Rock's music free airtime on WWE wrestling.
Sympthsical
(9,098 posts)I'm at pains to remember any song he ever did. Huh. I'm sure it must've been something.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)(I'm not positive though).
Sympthsical
(9,098 posts)But I seriously cannot remember what made him popular. There was at least one song. Drawing a total blank. I shall spotify this . . .
*spotifies*
Ah. "Cowboy" was huge. I remember that song now that I'm listening to it. Sifted through a few others. No idea. But yeah, "Cowboy" was everywhere one summer. Didn't care for it. Still don't.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Picture. This didn't even enter my mind the yesterday.
Sympthsical
(9,098 posts)Im fine with this.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Before I learned of his politics and what a sh*t person he turned out to be.
Sympthsical
(9,098 posts)I riot.
MerryBlooms
(11,771 posts)Released on November 12, 2002 as the fourth single and ninth track from Kid Rock's 2001 album Cocky. The original recording on the album is performed by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow.
I love Sheryl Crow, still can't believe she was mixed up with that POS Rock.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Baltimike
(4,146 posts)and while I liked "Cowboy", it is really ALL I ever liked. He is a poser and an asshole. Pretends he came "straight out the trailer" when he came "straight out the cul de sac"
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)BGBD
(3,282 posts)We're his hits. He had a song with Sheryl Crow that did well and All Summer long, which was just a mashup of Swwet Home Alabama and Werewolves of London, did too.
Of course that was all between the late 90s and late 2000s. He hasn't done anything in the past decade and his last single I remember only got played on country radio. He's a washed up has been. If he didn't make news for being a low rent Ted Nugent then we'd all have forgotten about him by now.
Sympthsical
(9,098 posts)A'right. Lemme listen. I feel like this should come back to me. I listened to a lot of radio as a teen. Drove two hours each way to pick my brother up from basic at the naval base.
*listens*
Ok, I do recognize "All Summer". Oh God, I know the lyrics. I started singing along. Bad brain, bad! But . . . this was a hit? Seems bland for what was memorable for me from that time. Someone mentioned "Picture." Apparently that's the one with Sheryl. Lessee.
*listens*
Oh god. I know the lyrics to this, too.
Worse, I loved this song back then. I mean, I really, really loved this song back then. And listening to it now? Still love it. I had no idea this was Kid Rock.
I feel so dirty. Why, Sheryl? =(
Edit: I don't actually care about musician's politics. Just messing around. But this has been a nice revisit. Damn. Still listening to "Picture". It's a good song!
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)It's lame as f@ck.
Not a cover version. A rewrite, of sorts.
Look it up if you dare, or care...
BradAllison
(1,879 posts)A fucking genius.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)BGBD
(3,282 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)With those first rifts, one thinks they're getting "Werewolves of London," only to realize they're getting Kid Schlock.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)"American Badass" and "All Summer Long".
Sympthsical
(9,098 posts)Bleh. Still didn't like it.
I was a younging in jr high and high all about the "alternative" rock, which was just lyrical pop rock at the time. You know, Matchbox 20, Goo Goo Dolls, Better Than Ezra. It was a lot more than that, but those come to mind. Carried it into college when it all went emo rock. Simple Plan and all that, "How could this happen to meeeeeeeee?!" That whiny self-pitying. Checked out around then.
Still like doing it all during karaoke though. I can do a wicked "Inside Out" by Eve6 to this day.
Delarage
(2,186 posts)Mainly because I was there to see Metallica and System of a Down. I'm ashamed to say that I kind of liked "Bawwitdaba" or whatever it was and "American Badass" but there is a homophobic line in it that I didn't notice at the time. I don't like him because of his Trumpism, but I did sort of like those 2 songs. Everything else, and he, stinks. From the "Summer Sanitarium" tour that I attended:
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BradAllison
(1,879 posts)Polybius
(15,469 posts)Great 2001 song.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)And although I do remember Kid Rock's name being mentioned in that area, I had to go to youtube a few years back to actually listen to some of his songs for the first time just to see what all the fuss was about.
Believe me, they're as bad as you think they are. The guy literally has no talent at all. No wonder he turned himself into a right-wing goon squad member. It was the only way he could stay relevant. Fellow 90's stars turned butt of meme jokes The Spice Girls, Vanilla Ice, and Kriss Kross are high art by comparison. At least their songs had good beats, recycled and manufactured that they were.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Polybius
(15,469 posts)"American Badass," "All Summer Long, and "Picture."
Mike Nelson
(9,966 posts)... he's 50, now! Guess he's never gonna grow up... still, I think "Kid" Rock no longer works. I'd recommend Idiot Rock.
RegularJam
(914 posts)Just a jerk.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)All I need to know about this loser has been.
ProfessorGAC
(65,159 posts)...aren't rock!
He become famous because he fit the suit.
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)Kid Frost, a poplular Latino rapper from Los Angeles in the 90's changed his name to Frost about 5 years after he became popular.
Paladin
(28,271 posts)Johonny
(20,880 posts)BradAllison
(1,879 posts)Next it'll be reported Ted Nugent shit himself.
Initech
(100,099 posts)He went from selling out stadiums to karaoke night at the local tavern? Man even Spinal Tap didn't have that steep of a career drop!
hatrack
(59,592 posts)Initech
(100,099 posts)What? They can't print that!
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)It seems those poor souls that he shouted at are the reason he has anything and not living in a dumpster.
bif
(22,740 posts)Sorry everyone!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,170 posts)In Kid Rocks first statement since a video surfaced of him saying a homophobic slur onstage, he used the same slur again in a combative message on social media.
If Kid Rock using the word f-t offends you, good chance you are one, a message on Kid Rocks Twitter and Facebook reads. Either way, I know he has a lot of love for his gay friends and I will have a talk with him. Have a nice day. The message is signed Bob Ritchie, Rocks birth name.
In a video published Monday (June 7) by TMZ, Rock is seen calling out crowd members filming him at FishLipz Bar & Grill in Smithville, Tennessee, over the weekend when he yells, You fing f-ts with your iPhones out! He also sings in the video, You can post this di right here, while grabbing his crotch and looking right at the camera.
Billboard reached out to a rep for Rock on both the video and the new social media message and hadnt heard back about either by press time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/kid-rock-repeats-homophobic-slur-in-combative-response-to-controversial-video/ar-AAKT7Zx
WarGamer
(12,463 posts)Stefanie Eulinberg is a legend.